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Apr. 3, 1923.

H. H. ORDUNG TAG Filed Mar. 15, 1922 Y E N R O T T A Patented Apr. 3,.1923.

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HENRY I-I. ORDUNG, or LAIPOR'IE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF 'roJOSEPH WADE, or LAPoRTE, INDIANA.

TAG.

Application filed March 13, 1922. Serial No. 543,498.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. ORDUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Laporte, in the county of Laporte and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Tags, of which the follow- 1ngis a specification.

This invenion relates to tags particularly designed for use as shippingtags, or routing tags through a manufacturing plant, and an object ofthe invention is to provide a tag which is Iemovably enclosed in aprotector of transparent water proof material, the said protectorserving to protect any writing on the card from blurring or mutilation,or protecting it from being rendered unintelligible by the handling ofthe cards by mechanics or persons with soiled hands.

It is'a practice in modern manufacturing plants to attach routing cardsto the various pieces of their products and for production clerks orworkmen throughout the factory to make entries on the said routing card,which entries are afterwards entered in permanent records in the ofiiceor used for purposes of determining cost, designating the workman whoconstructed the article and various other analogous purposes. It will bereadily understood that during passage through a factory the routingcard is handled by a number of diflerent mechanics whose worknecessitate that their hands he soiled and the handling of the card bysaid soiled hands naturally detract from the legibility of the writingthereon and often renders it unintelligible. It is also a fact that inshipping that the shipping tags and the goods carried thereby are oftensubject to weather conditions and in cases of rain, snow or moisture inthe air the writing on the tag is often blurred and becomes unintelligible resulting in the delay of the delivery of the goods orcomplete failure in the delivery.

It is an object of this invention to provide a routing or shipping tagwhich is removably encased in the cover of transparent water proof paperor analogous material, the said tag and cover being pivotally connectedby means of the string receiving eyelet to permit the tag to bepivotally moved out of the cover for making entries thereon.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the tag. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation ofthe tag. Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross section through the tag taken on the line a e- 1 ofFig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the improved form ofshipping or routing tag comprises the tag 1 which is constructed ofpasteboard, cloth, or any analogous material such as commonly used inmanufacturing tags of this type, and the tag 1 has its lower edgerounded as clearly shown at 2 to permit unimpeded pivotal movement ofthe tag 1 out through the open edge of the cover 3. The cover?) isconstruoted of oiled or waxed paper or analogous transparent water proofmaterial and it is shaped to enclose the tag or card 1, however, thecover has one of its lower corners cut away as shown at 4 to permit theengagement of a corner of the card or tag 1 with the thumb or forefingerof a person for moving the tag out of the cover. The tag 1 and cover 3are pivotally connected intermediate their side edges and adjacent totheir tops by means of an-eyelet 5 constructed of any approved materialand forced through the tag and cover in the usual manner as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings. A reinforcing washer 6 of any suitable materialsuch as cardboard, linen, or the like may be placed between the bindingflanges 7 of the eyelet 5 and the cover 3, to prevent tearing of thecover by the eyelet. The eyelet 5 serves the dual function of pivotallyconnecting the cover and tag and providing a string or cord receivingopening by means of which the tag may be attached to any desiredarticle. The cover 3 is preferably formed of a single piece of materialand it is folded to provide the sides 8 and 9 one of which engage uponeach side of the tag 1, the fold extending across the bottom or curvededge 2 of the tag. If it is so desired an extension 10 may be formedalong the edge of the side 8 remote from the cut away corners 4 and thisextension folds inwardly to form a pocket in combination with the sides8 and 9 for receiving the tag 1, the folded connection 11 between theextension 10 and side 8 serving as a stop to limit the pivotal movemontof the tag 1 into the cover. It is to be understood that this extensionmay be eliminated if desired without departing from the spirit of thisinvention.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin other manners and the parts associated in other relations and,therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as setforth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is: y

1. As a new article of manufacture, a routing or shipping tag comprisinga record receiving tag, a cover enclosing said tag and pivotallyconnected to the tag, and an extension formed along one side edge ofsaid cover and folded between one side of the cover and said tag toprovide a stop for limiting pivoted movement of said tag in onedirection.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a routing or shipping tag comprisinga record receiving tag, a cover of transparent material pivotallyconnected to and enclosing said tag, one of the corners of said covercut away to permit the adjacent corner of the tag to project out of saidcover, and an extension on said cover and folded inwardly for engagementwith said tag to limit movement of the tag in one direction.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a routing or shipping tag comprisinga record receiving tag, a cover of transparent water proof materialenclosing said tag, a cord receiving eyelet pivotally connecting saidcover and tag, one of the corners remote from said eyelet being cut awayto permit the adjacent corner of said tag to project out of the cover,the end of said tag remote from said eyelet being rounded on a radiusfrom the axis of said eyelet, and an extension formed along one sideedge of said cover and folded between one side of the cover and tag toprovide a folded edge for limiting pivotal movement of the tag in onedirection relative to the cover.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY H. ORDUNG.

